‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling — PROOF I Was a Bird-Loving Hippie Before I Got Famous

video platform video management video solutions video player Months before skyrocketing to fame on the cast of “Glee,” Mark Salling was a tree-hugging bird-loving acoustic-guitar-playing hippie-dippie park squatter — and we got the footage to prove it!

You see, Mark — an outspoken bird advocate — is a member of the Echo Park Ornithology Club in Los Angeles.

And three years ago, right before Mark struck it big on “Glee” — he expressed his pride in the animal organization by whipping out his guitar at a park meeting … and jamming out an EPOC theme song he wrote.

You probably wouldn”t guess from the lyrics — but the song”s called “Echo Park Ornithology Club.”

It”s not that bad either … in fact, it”s painfully catchy. You”ve been warned.